普通の外にいくつかの著名な品質を持っている、と畏敬の念を起こさせるあるいかなるビーイングは、カミと呼ばれています。
Nearest station
Ikenoue
Keio Inokashira Line
Tōkyō-to, Setagaya-ku, Daizawa 3-25-3
東京都世田谷区代沢3-25-3
北澤八幡神社
Kitazawa Hachiman Jinja
Home page: None
December 23.2017
Enshrined Kami:
Main
Ōjin-tennō 応神天王
From Merged Shrines
Himegami 比売神
Jingū Kōgō 神功皇后
Nintoku tennō 仁徳天王
In-ground Shrines:
Benten Sha 弁天社
Atago Inari Sha 愛宕稲荷社
Chōei Inari Sha 長栄稲地社
Noyashiki Inari Sha 野屋敷稲荷社
Maruka Inari Sha 円海稲荷社
Kōratamatare Jinja 高良玉垂社
Ubusuna Sha 産土社
Earliest mention of: 1469-1487
Annual Festival: First Sat. & Sun. of September
History
The shrine notice board tells us that it was established sometime during the Bunmei Period (1469-1487) by the then lord of Setagaya Castle, Kira Yoriyasu (吉良頼康) through the Kanjō process. In the Edo Period it seems to have become a beneficiary of official approval. In 1650 an official document recording a donation of 7 shoku 4 shō to the shrine by the then administrator of the area, Saitō Settsu, noted that there had been a similar donation previously. Further evidence of the shrine’s popularity is provided by a note dating to 1682 that the box containing small donations made by visitors praying at the shrine had been stolen. Unfortunately, there is no written record of any of this, as the shrine’s betto-ji, the nearby Moriiwao Temple, where the shrine's records were stored, was destroyed by fire in 1812.
The shrine was originally known as Nanasawa-Hassha-Zuiichi Hachima-Gū (七沢八社随一正八幡宮), a name deriving from the presence of seven villages in the Setagaya area with names ending in “sawa” (沢, meaning swamp) containing a total of eight Hachiman-Gū, the most prominent (随一, Zuiichi) of which was the Kitazawa one. This name is still displayed on the Shingaku in the main hall.
The current main hall was built in 1978. Its predecessor, which was built in 1852, has become the in-ground Ubusuna Jinja. The Kagura Hall, initially built in 1893, was remodelled in 2004.
Description
About 700 metres from Ikunoue Station. While the main shrine hall is interesting, the real attraction of this shrine for me is the collection of seven in-ground shrines listed above. They are to be found to the left and right of the main hall and each one of them has its own notice board naming the enshrined deity and giving a brief history. Someof them have wooden carvings, which, while quite intricate, are somewhat generic. The pair of koma-inu in front of the prayer hall date to 1852.
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